Show SUNDAY SERVICES religious services of the church of issue ot 0 latter day saints were hold held in the tabernacle balk bait lake city on sunday april alet commencing at 2 p m elders joseph E taylor and charit a W penrose Pen roee of the presidency Preal dency ot the stakes stake preely presiding ing the choir sang bang glorious things are sung bung of zion enochs city seen of old prayer was offered by elder adolph madsen by the choir ye te simple souls who stray far from the path of peace elder bider thomas thomai B H hilton hillon wax was the first grate speaker in response to the call made upon him as an he be said by those in authority in the church he be would endeavor to address the congregation lor for a few 5 though he be feared it would be difficult for him to speak the english language in consequence lf his haeng used the maori language almost exclusively for three years he had won been laboring as a mie conary fur the lost last three years year among the house of icrael away in tar far off samoa and had bad been greatly blessed of the lord to in ministering to the members member of the church and those friendly to the cause of truth there of which there were great numbers the work of the lord the planos plan of lifland life and salvation taught by our blessed redeemer and his hib meal plea while they dwelt among the children of meu met Is making rapid arc greas in the samoan islands Is lande the minion mif lalon Is ie a difficult one owing to our elden biden having to acquire the language to bg able to talk to the natives native direct and to got get accustomed to their food which la Is very interior inferior to what we have here through the blessings of the loid laid however the elders eldera learn the language Jao guage very quickly and also aleo relish the food while there are many obstacles oDit acles to be overcome and much hardship Is endured by the elders elden the samoan mission is ie a good one because there to no persecution nor reviling linga against the church of god such buch as ae usually follow our elders in their labor labon elsewhere the are a charitable people and kindhearted they will give the missionaries sion aries the best beat they have bare so BO that those in zion who have relatives in the south son sea islands may rd rt jolce oleo tor for their som b husbands fathers or friends are enjoying themselves greatly the spirit of god Js is with them this ib very best beat feelings and be abe spirit ot 01 harmony to the fullest extent exist in the breasts of the missionaries towards each other the spi spirit rit of love the spirit of unity and more than all the spirit of god are abundantly bestowed bee towed upon them every one is ia doing his utmost or for the furtherance of this thin great and glorious work the speaker bore a faithful and powerful ony to the truths of the gospel the great labor for good being accomplished by the missionaries among the Mao Ma rieB orles and to the wonderful faith of that people alter after receiving the word of god he testified test fled among other t things binge that bat the island over which be had bad the be honor to presides preside which was the largest of the greup and containing inhabitants was sorely afflicted with the measles some rome time ago and a great many died with that disease old and young were attacked an and devery every family was waa more or jew ion afflicted two thousand people died but through the great gnat blessings of the th lord and the administration for the healing of me sick nick net one of the members of the church succumbed though hough the disease in its if most virulent form attacked them as a it did their kindred and people in every instance where the nick lick among our people were administered to by the elders eldera the recovery WON was quick and complete none tailed railed to have this sacred marea ordina ordinance sibe administered and many miraculous healing took place one case in particular was where a latter day saint family were living in the he house or of an enemy they had a child ton ten months month old who was waa very alck but could not be to the child got worse doroe and worse until its ita life was wai dla dis i paired of by its parents and kindred at lat last its ita parents moved into the house bouBe of ofa a family io in the church abe obile a eyes eya were by this time set and it was waa burned mur m arned ned as ai dead but the elders elder were called in and their faith with the brethren and sisters in the church some ome twenty five flye in number then in the house were united that the life of the child be restored ree according to the revealed plan of salvation and the pattern recorded in the now new testa ment the elders administered to the child and it recovered immediately and commenced to nurse at its iti moth mothers mot beis evs breast which it bad been unable to do for several days before elder hilton hiltom rejoiced at being home again anu urged all ail the young people in the church to give heed to nie his that this is the work of god aud su ou live that they may gain a testimony for themselves and thereby be prepared for any call and be able advocates of the gospel of jesus christ at home or abroad in the nations of the earth to the salvation of all people by request elder hilton spoke a few words in the language which he be said was now more natural and much more easy for him than the english engligh tongue elder thomas E taylor recently returned from a mission minion to england gave a report of his labors in that land he remarked that the british minion we was lot anything like what it used to be it was like fits gleaning after the vintage was waa over while the servants of the lord were perhaps as zealous now an aa the elders were formerly little or no progress was made to lo getting people to lieten to and obey the truth the people of great britain seem aut to religion or their salvation recording to the Jb orda plan of redemption those who profess religion it if at all seem to accept the statements of their teacher viz only believe P 0 they allow themselves to be deceived and repeat the sayings of their who tells tell them wat that jesus jeans did it all and they have nothing to do it the strictures con contained tined in the now new testament were enforced concerning the he rejecting of the gospel of christ Jh rist the servants of god would have been withdrawn from great britain and other places place long ago our oar elders are looked upon as an fools fool and aro are so 0 o called by some people tor for preaching the gospel without pune parse and scrip as a we do nevertheless we must malt warn all the people of the earth that they benot left without excuse to in the day of judgment the only way now dow of at reaching ng the people Is by con conversation ve nallon after forming their acquaintance As A servants of the lord we should serve erv him continually with all our might mind and strength whether at homo home or aaroa 1 that in the end we may on 90 tain eternal life bishop william B preston said h he was pleased with the testimonies borne born by the previous evious or sp speakers eaken he strongly advocated the living of our holy religion as we should do the great necessity of house to house visits byrbe by the priests and teachers and the bhe bringing of the saints up to the high standard of the gospel honorable business transactions when dealing with meo men the bo proper caring for the sick and the keeping of all the commandments of god according to the spirit thereof the choir sang the anthem the song of the redeemed benediction by elder bider edward ste me veo son |